In Māori class, it was a big review for our first big test, whakamātautau nui 1! So in our review and practice, there were 3 parts that were part of the test. The first is whakarongo (listening), panui (read) and tuhi (write). Got a little big confused in the listening part, because I didn't know the vocabulary. In History, for some reason, I am loosing interest in this class. The lecture was about landscapes of settlement in 3 different periods: Wide view, Pre-European and Post-Colonization. Looking at the phrase "Pre-European", I have mixed thoughts in using this, because, in a way, it seems that everything after European is considered more important then before. We definitely know that "Pre-European" refers to time before Europeans arrived, which means during the time period of Māori. I guess it is the same as saying Pre-Contact Hawaiʻi, Pre-Civilization? As in many texts, we have been referred to as being uncivilized. In Treaty class, we learned about the Waitangi Tribunal. A organization form through, I guess, Parliament to inquiry about claims from Māori in the Crown's breaching of the Treaty. Depending on the Waitangi Tribunal, it then creates a report, recommending to the Crown if the Crown has breached the Treaty and the appropriate actions to resolve this breach. Very interesting, more information, click => Waitangi Tribunal.
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